The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-12-21

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you to ponder well before you pass thi
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MIR. Haskell replied He said that th,
Mississippi Agricultural College had cos
1000 year to maintain IT, No count,
In THIS State can afford to donate anything
put the Daldest nucleus for separate col
lege, while for the one proposed we have
the necessary buildings. Ia reply to DR.
ropes question, "ls it wise in the face Of
the clamor of the pcOplc?' he would ask
Is it wise, in the face of the clamor fol
economy and relief from taxation, to saddl,
upon the people the untold expense of an
experiment which has been tried elsewhere
and proved to to be failure? This farm
ers OF this State were S5 per cent of tho
population, and If they wanted an agricul
tural college they could easily get it. lie
showed from the catalogue of The MiSsis
sippi College that agriculture was taught
only nine months in the whole course of
three years, horticulture three months, and
chemistry five months. The measure was
an honest effort to give the farmers what
Is theirs. III there was no other reason
against the separate agricultural college, it
was sufficient that ii would raise q wall of
separation between the different proles.
sions and callings and create artificial dis
tinctions between the sons of common
mother, which could hut work iniur; to
the best interests OF all the people.
Mr.. Ill. f. Wilson supported the bill in a
telling speech. lie thought the principal
argument against the separate Agricultural
20 legc had b, en- prcscnted by The gentle.
man from Richland when he so graphically
showed the effects of such q system in scpu.
rating the people OF The Slate into ranks
and colleges. The cry fer n separate col.
legc had not come up from the farmers Of
the State. When it did, he would be pre-.
pared to give heed to it, until then, he
would oppose it. lie could not exactly sec
the success of u Syslcm which taught young
men TO raise cotton at a loss Of 800 per
bale as he showed had been done in the
College.
lively an uncducatCd man. He was clad
he had no more Of il as II would make him
a bigger fool than he was. OF all fools,
said he, the educated fool is the biggest.
Scientific farming. Gracious alive! Show
me Il man who has ever made n farmer by
reading books aud III give So" (This
statement was greeted by q hurricane of
laughtcr) The proper wav to make a
farmer was to put him in the deld To the
intense amusement of his hearers he re-
paated his experience in scientific farming
as derived from following the instructions
found II u newspaper.
Mr.. Thomas, of Richland, said that, in
his opinion, higher scheme Of education
hnd never been pro jcctcd in South Carolina.
lis conception involved Tic highest states
rs well as the scholastic genius.
In the South Carolina Military Academy
we have a unique school Of military and
practical discipline; in Clailin College we
nave an admirable institution for the col.
ored men aud women of South CurOlina;
in the South Cacolina University we would
have tive distinct schools providing for
every class in tic State. He believed that
the call Tor "A sepcratc college came from IA
minority, representing not one tenth Of the
farmers Of the State. That minority had
It's rights They were good and true men,
but he did not think il was wise to establish
lbe sepcratc college II was too expensive
in view OF the condition CT The State, aud if
we had millions to spend it would not be
wise. It's tendency was to place the farmer
on lower plane rather than to elevate him
Ito dwarf his intellect and rcpreSs his as.
piraiions under n partial culture. They
should have the broad basis Of general
education. In the present scheme there
was all the agricultural interests could de,
mand and it was frcightcd with solid and
lasting good to the State He believed that
the new University was the system de
mandcd by the people of The State, and he
hoped that the tribunes of the people would
rise TO the height of the grand conception
oi the bill before them, and by passing IL
raise monument to the wisdom of the
Trustees and the craftsmanship Of this
body, which shall endure to the blessing of
the future generations of our people, and
In the promotion Of their unity and pros.
perty.
MIR. Padgett, of Colleton, moved to table
MIR. Keitrs motion. Dr. Pope called for
the yeas and rays. The result was-yeas,
80; nays, "a.
Mr.. Blackwell moved the previous ques.
ton, which was ordered, and the bill
passed its second reading by SO to 3D.
When the Senate bill to amend Chap
ter KIP. of the General Statutes entitled
'Of the University of South Carolina"
(Which wae, in effect, to conform the
to the provisions of the bill to
the University, which passed
the House on Tuesday night) came up
for second reading. DIR. Pope moved
10 recommit, which failed.
Mr.. Ansel endeavored to get in his
requiring the tuition fees to
be paid into the State treasury instead
of the treasurer of the University, which
was rejected on Tuesday, but the amend
ment was defeated by o vote of IS to 80.
AN amendment proposed by the COM
mittee was adopted, providing for the
OF the fund provided by the
grant Of Congress for Agricultural and
Mechanical Colleges, by the Trustees of
the University.
Other verbal amendments wore made,
and the bill was ordered to third read
ing.
THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT..
The bill to reorganize the Department
OF Agriculture came back TO tho House,
with the Senate amendments rs EN-.
bodied in Senator Youmans's substitute.
The usual process is either to concur or
to refuse to concur in amendments, but
in in 3 case, of the suggestion of Mr..
Tmdal, Of Clarendon, who had the bill
in charge, the debate was adjourned and
the Senate amendments were ordered to
be printed. As the bill now stands
(passed by the Senate) provision is made
for the ofpaniZation of the buraau uudar